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T. E. KEAVY. BUTTON LOUATING MAGHINE.

No. 326,567. 1 Patented sept. 22, 1885.

Ii l l I if inw' n N. FEYERS, Phnmuthugnpher, wamingiun, D. C,

Nirnn STATES PATENT @Furono THOMAS n. KnAvY, or KENT, OHIO, Assienon or oNnHALr rro WILLIAM i. oAnis, OF sAMn PLACE.

BUTTON-LOCA'TlNG MACHINE'.

SPECIFICATION forming pari; of Letters Patent No. 326,567, dated September 22, 1885.

' Application ined July o, us5. (No model.)

in the county of Portage and State of Ohio,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Button-Locating Instruments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in that class of button-locating machines in which a number of points or punches bearing the relative positions desired for the buttons and connected together are arranged by a press or equivalent device to be simultaneously forced upon a table bearing the material to be marked.

The objects of my invention are, rst, to provide an instrument by which not only buttons may be simultaneously located, but scalloped edges and button-holes may be marked and cut by-one motion; and, second, to provide devices by which the position ofthe marking or cutting tools can be readily and rapidly changed to meet any size or form of shoe.

It consists in the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a press embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a front elevation, enlarged, of the head containing button-locating points; Fig. 3, a bottom plan of Fig. 2, and Figs. 4 and 5 front elevation and bottom plan, respectively, of edge and button-hole cutting bit.

The operative devices are mounted in and operated by a press, A, wherein a lever, B, actuates a verticallymoving shaft, C, above the horizontal table D.

The general construction and operation of the press is apparent, and as I do not confine my invention to any particular form or construction of press, and as I make no claim thereon, further description is deemed unnecessary.

To the lower end of the shaft O is attached,

`by the set-screw c or equivalent device, the

head E. This head, of cast metal, has a general crescent-shaped plan with rounded ends, a plain lower face, and upon the top a projecting collar to connect it with the press. At

each end of the lower face is a lug, f, in which is hinged an arm, F, which swings horizontally.

Between the outer ends of these arms, and connected therewith by hinged fastenings g g,

is a spring, G. This spring is a thin strap of steel or other suitable material, which is straight in its normal state. Upon this spring are mounted a number of clamps, I I, each of which consists of a slotted body that fits on said spring, with a set-screw to retain it in place. From the top of each of these clamps extends a pin which 'encounters and rests against the lower face of the head E, and from the bottom projects a marking-point, z'.

The marking-point and upwardl y-p roj ecting pin may either or both be integral with the clamp or removable, and the clamp, pin, and point will, for convenience, when hereinafter referred to as a whole, be termed a bit.7

In the rear center of the lower face of the head E is a lug, K, through which passes a screw, k, operated by a wheel or equivalent device, which presses against the spring G.

By turning forward the screw 7c the spring G, carrying the bits, is forced from its normal position into a curve. The curve can in a moment be thus conformed to any size of shoe, and the bits, by loosening the set screws, moved to any position along the spring relative to each other and again fastened.

In operation the quarter to be marked is placed on the table D, its location being regulated by the movable gages L, fastened by thumb-screws i. By a single movement of the lever B the head E is forced downward, pressing the points against the quarter and simultaneously marking the exact location for each button.

To adapt the machine to cut` the scalloped edges and button-holes, the bit, instead of a marking-point, is provided with two cuttingedges, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, one of which, m, is for the edge, and the other, n, for the button-hole.

I claiml. A button-locating machine consisting of a press having a table, a longitudinally-reciprocating shaft which is adapted to move to and from said table, and a head attached to the end of said shaft nearest said table, said head having attached to the face nearest said table a spring hinged to it atpach end, hav- Iaid face, their other ends terminating in` narking-points, and a screw meshing in a nut :onneeted with said head andvresting against iaid spring, substantially as shown, and-for yhe purpose specified. y t

3. In a machine for cutting scalloped edges of and button-holes in shoe-quarters, the combination, with a head havin a plainface, a spring connected at each en to said head opposite said face, and ascrew mounted in a nut connected with said head, and arranged to bend said spring parallel to said face, of a series of bits mounted n said spring, each having a cn rved knife-edge and a button-hole-cut- Vting edge inside of said curved edge, substantially as and for the purpose herenbefore set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of June, A. D. 1885.

THOS. E. KEAVY. Witnesses:

JIM AoKWoRTH, WILLl Vv'. REED. 

